Worth noting on our annual Top-10 Top-11 list (one title is in two volumes) is the larger than usual number of books that can be classified as non-instructional. These even carried the top three positions on the list:

• 'How Life Imitates Chess' by Garry Kasparov • Compare Prices.
• 'The Art of Learning' by Josh Waitzkin • Compare Prices.
• 'King's Gambit' by Paul Hoffman • Compare Prices.

For the full list, see Top 10 Popular Chess Books (2007-2008). • Looking for more great books? See 2007 Chess Book Awards. If it's non-instructional books you want, see Chess Books to Read Without a Board.